₦airaland Forum

The group remains a terrorist group and the Nigerian Military needs to decisively decimate it once and for all

What type of terrorist act is this?

All IPOB members and their supporters will perish

It shall never be well with the IPOB and all their supporters

Even before opening the link, I already knew as usual I was not disappointed

dominic17:
Which disgrace will more than someone is indicted for drug dealing become your President?

Show where he was indicted. Show a publication by the FBI that indicted him

Waiting

This guy has disgraced us

ATLANTA – Allen Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged in a superseding indictment with obstruction of justice for submitting false documents to the government in an effort to end an investigation of him that resulted in earlier charges of bank fraud and money laundering. Ejiroghene Eghagha, the airline’s Chief of Administration and Finance, was also charged for participating in the obstruction scheme, as well as in the earlier bank fraud counts.

“After allegedly using his airline company as a cover to commit fraud on the United States’ banking system, Onyema, along with his co-defendant, allegedly committed additional crimes of fraud in a failed attempt to derail the government’s investigation of his conduct,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. “The diligence of our federal investigative partners revealed the defendants’ alleged obstruction scheme, making it possible for the defendants to be held accountable for their aggravated conduct of attempting to impede a federal investigation.”

“These cases represent the continued commitment of the Drug Enforcement Administration to identify and hold accountable those who engaged in fraud and money laundering,” said Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Division.

“Allegedly, Onyema and his accomplices fraudulently used the U.S. banking system in an effort to hide the source of their ill-gotten money,” said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Lisa Fontanette, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Atlanta Field Office. “Today’s superseding indictment is indicative of the dedication IRS-CI special agents and our law enforcement partners have, as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, to neutralize threats to the United States from criminal organizations.”

“The charges announced today demonstrate the criticality of diligence and truth in criminal justice proceedings,” said Steven N. Schrank, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations Atlanta that covers Georgia and Alabama. “HSI and our partners are committed to pursuing those who seek to exploit our nation’s financial system and any efforts to cover up illegal activity.”

According to U.S. Attorney Buchanan, the superseding indictment, and other information presented in court: Onyema, a Nigerian citizen and businessman, is the CEO and Chairman of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline founded in 2013. Between 2010 and 2018, Onyema travelled frequently to Atlanta, where he opened several personal and business bank accounts. More than $44.9 million was allegedly transferred into his Atlanta-based accounts from foreign sources.

Beginning in approximately May 2016, Onyema, together with Eghagha, allegedly used a series of export letters of credit to cause banks to transfer more than $20 million into Atlanta-based bank accounts controlled by Onyema. The letters of credit were purportedly to fund the purchase of five separate Boeing 737 passenger planes by Air Peace and were supported by documents such as purchase agreements, bills of sale, and appraisals. The documents purported to show that Air Peace was purchasing the aircraft from Springfield Aviation Company LLC, a business registered in Georgia.

However, the supporting documents were allegedly fake – Springfield Aviation Company LLC was owned by Onyema and managed on his behalf by a person with no connection to the aviation business, and Springfield Aviation never owned the aircraft. The company that allegedly drafted the appraisals did not exist. Eghagha allegedly participated in this scheme as well, directing the Springfield Aviation manager to sign and send false documents to banks and even using the manager’s identity to further the fraud. After Onyema received the money in the United States, he allegedly laundered over $16 million of the proceeds of the fraud by transferring it to other accounts.

In May 2019, upon discovering that he was under investigation in the Northern District of Georgia for bank fraud, Onyema and Eghagha allegedly directed the Springfield Aviation manager to sign a key business contract, but also specifically told her to not date the document. In October 2019, Onyema allegedly caused his attorneys to present that same contract, now falsely dated as being signed on May 5, 2016 (prior to the bank fraud that began in 2016), to the government in an effort to stop the investigation and unfreeze his bank accounts.

Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, 61, of Lagos, Nigeria, and Ejiroghene Eghagha, 42, of Lagos, Nigeria, were indicted on November 19, 2019, on one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, three counts of bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit credit application fraud, and three counts of credit application fraud. Additionally, Onyema was charged with 27 counts of money laundering, and Eghagha was charged with one count of aggravated identity theft. On October 8, 2024, they were both charged in a superseding indictment alleging an additional count of obstruction of justice and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The case is criminal action number 1:19-CR-464.

Members of the public are reminded that the indictments only contain charges. The defendants are presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove the defendants’ guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Commerce, and Department of Treasury are investigating this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Garrett L. Bradford and Christopher J. Huber are prosecuting the case.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov or (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.

Updated October 11, 2024

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/ceo-nigerian-airline-and-co-defendant-indicted-obstruction-justice

Bone147:
Yes it's a no man's land of only u can buy a plot of land there and build a mansion. Poor fool

Why would anyone want to buy a land in an erosion ravaged and IPOB infested backward region

When there is Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Portharcourt, Abeokuta and Kano

Nigeria dodged a bullet

This man is d@ft and bereft of ideas

See FG highways o

The Onitsha that Nigeria built with oyel money

Onitsha is no man’s land

Very unsafe region

Meanwhile they are the ones saying do not invest in Lagos

Who wants to invest in place where they will be kidnapped or forced to close shop on Mondays

It’s always Yorubaland that leads

God bless Yorubaland

kettykin:
Iran will take their war with Israel to Lebanon and Palestine land.

America will take their war with Russians to Ukraine.

Soviet union and united states will take their war ti Vietnam, Korean peninsula Afghanistan etc

Ipob will bring their war to igbo land, haven't ipob heard of proxy war . How they can drag their enemies elsewhere and fight it out. Igbo land has really suffered.

They tried to take it else where but we are wiser

If he was greedy, he won’t have lasted this long and had this much relevance in politics

IPOB remains a terrorist organization

The attention of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to false reports circulating on certain online media platforms, claiming that an attack on troops deployed at the Ehime Mbano Local Government Secretariat resulted in the deaths of several soldiers and civilians.

These reports are baseless fabrications, a product of the imagination of the terrorist IPOB/ESN elements and their sympathizers, who aim to undermine the confidence of the people of Imo State and, by extension, the entire South East region. It is important to recall that on 3 October 2023, the Local Government Headquarters of Isiala Mbano LGA, built and maintained with public funds, was set ablaze and destroyed by the same IPOB/ESN criminal elements. A similar mindless attempt was made at the Ehime Mbano LGA Secretariat in the late hours of 8 October 2024.

However, the swift and gallant response of the troops thwarted the criminals' efforts to breach the LGA Secretariat. The criminal elements, who arrived in large numbers and fired sporadically from a distance, were forced to retreat quickly in the face of the overwhelming firepower of the vigilant troops. During a follow-up operation conducted in the early hours of 9 October 2024, it was confirmed that the dissidents had suffered heavy casualties, as evidenced by bloodstains on the Ehime Mbano-Oriagwu road.

The public is urged to disregard the false information spread by the online publication. The Nigerian Army remains committed to protecting citizens and critical government infrastructure in Imo State and will continue to deal decisively with any criminal elements attempting to subvert the government. It is disheartening to witness the cowardly actions of these dissidents, who burn down public buildings funded by taxpayers. Clearly, IPOB is not acting in the interest of the people but for selfish purposes.

The 82 Division Headquarters encourages all residents of Imo State and the South East region to continue providing security agencies with valuable information to help eliminate these criminal elements. Residents are urged to call the toll-free line 193 and select Option 2 to report suspicious activities. We reassure the good people of the South East that they can continue their daily activities without fear or intimidation from any group. Rest assured, the Nigerian Army will remain vigilant in its duty to protect the nation and its citizens.

JE UNUAKHALU
Lieutenant-Colonel
Acting Deputy-Director
82 Division Army Public Relations
10 October 2024

https://x.com/hqnigerianarmy/status/1844427423351189838?s=46&t=YoF4K0q-dNG9S6AXfcrqSg

Yorubaland is making progress

God bless Yorubaland

Haters will always hate

vanbonattel:
Nice road development, but the government should spend money to change the roofs. You can't imagine having all these nice roads and having to shield your eyes, almost forcing yourself to look on the ground as you move around in the city.

Eyaaa. You’re pained

Oyo State is bigger than any state in the SE

Oyo State has an IGR bigger than any state in the SE

Oyo State is more industrialized than any state in the SE

Oyo State is more populous than any state in the SE

Ogun State has an IGR bigger than all the SE states combined

And for internet subscribers ,no SE state makes the list

You can’t be living in a cave and throwing stones at those in huts

Congratulations Yoruba girl

It’s a terrorist organization as gazetted by the FG and will remain so. Kanu threatened lives and his followers have proceeded to take them

ariesbull:
NIGERIANS IN SELF-EMPLOYMENT BY ZONE — 2023

Percentage of people in self-employment

By Zone
🔴North West — 25.46%
🟣South West — 19.94%
⚫️North East — 14.65%
🟠North Central — 13.99%
🟤South South — 13.58%
🟢South East — 12.37%

#Statisense
(NBS/NLFS)

Not surprised

vowiski:
This thing no tire you ? And this minister is so excited for a mere 47km in 2 years .. that’s crazy

The otter sections are simultaneously going on

You don’t even know what is going into that road

Eyaaa searching for network

Dem carry their iranu go Bayelsa

Dem beat… dem beat 😂

iPOB should stay away from the South South and remain in their five plots

They said DO NOT INVEST IN LAGOS but this year alone Lagos got over 80% of foreign investments

The same people are kidnapping foreigners in their terrain

Invest in Yorubaland

This ethnic bigot that runs his mouth must be taught a lesson under the Law

As usual

Lagos State already build a bigger and better estate for them called Timberville in Ikorodu with free housing units and all amenities for their timber business and it also adjoining the Lagos lagoon

There are modern saw mills, access roads, hospitals, schools, residences, potable water and electricity

Inspection tour of the Agbowa-Ikosi TimberVille in Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area. pic.twitter.com/ZhMTAo6lV5

— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) August 16, 2022

Nairaland moderators are IPOB members

I can’t believe a thread like this that celebrates the killing of Nigerian Army personnel is allowed

Continue, just continue

@Seun, these people will ruin your hardwork

Aisha Yesufu is from Edo State but the fraudster remained in Abuja and was not on ground during the last Edo elections

Why would anyone take the lying criminal seriously. She clearly scammed Olumide more than anyone did

I understand he spent over N3bn on TV campaigns on just one TV station

Being from the state, she should have been more visible. Perhaps Olumide did not give her campaign funds to manage

Some fans paid £10,000 for box tickets to watch Asake perform last night at the O2 Arena.

Asake is the biggest 🐐

https://x.com/asaketerrorist/status/1837784713374613715?s=46&t=YoF4K0q-dNG9S6AXfcrqSg